Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cadaverine \Ca*dav"er*ine\, n. Also Cadaverin \Ca*dav"er*in\ .
[From Cadaver and amine.] (Chem.)
A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically
pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh,
etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cadaverine
n 1: a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed
during the putrefaction of animal tissue